UPDATES ARCHIVE FOR NOVEMBER 2003
HOME PAGE	Kleiner's Korner for Week of November 24, 2003 Ah, t'is Thanksgiving time again, that time of year when the world falls in love: May your days to come be filled with prosperity, abundance and joy. And as Americans sit down with their families and friends to pause from daily life, remember and give thanks to the provider of all of this magnificent life, the Lord God of each of our Beings! Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving.... link here 1. For all of you Thanksgiving fliers, a warning: The sun is reaching a crescendo in solar flare activity this coming week and that could disrupt communications and air travel during the busy holiday. For those flying to visit family this week, it's advisable to check with your airline and the latest news reports regarding possible flight disruptions. Airlines in the northern latitudes have been flying at lower altitudes during these recent solar storms to protect passengers from extra doses of radiation. Click Here. 2. One of the slickest ideas for children in a long time is the site "Neuroscience for Kids" headed up by Dr. Eric Chudler of the University of Washington in Seattle. This is something you just gotta see and share with all of the children in your life. Click Here. 3. While on the subject of kids, with all the difficulties and stresses a family has when a child is hospitalized, here's is a breath of fresh air: The Children's Inn at NIH, a private, non-profit, family-centered residence for pediatric outpatients and their families at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "[The Inn's] purposes are to keep children together with their families during serious illness, reduce their stress and facilitate their healing through mutual support." [Ed. Note: As a child who was hospitalized for surgery at age 5, I can tell you this is a brilliant idea!] Click Here. 4. Further on this nation's kids, in its October issue, Reader's Digest reprinted an article from the May, 2003 Business Week Magazine titled "The New Gender Gap." It shows how boys are falling behind girls in education in this country. "It may still be a man's world. But it is no longer, in any way, a boy's. From his first days in school, an average boy is already developmentally two years behind the girls in reading and writing." This article portends a whole host of issues for American society that could arise with this situation. It is well worth reading: Click Here . 5. Another public advocacy group mentioned here many times before is the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), who just issued a report last week saying "food marketing aimed at kids undermines parental authority and helps fuel the epidemic of childhood obesity." This is a very important issue. And all parents will want to be aware of how their children are target marketed. Click Here . 6. As I've mentioned here many times, this country has a larger number of jailed people per capita than any other nation on Earth. Our jails are improperly termed "correctional institutions," because most inmates learn the art of crime there simply to survive. Now, a few counties and states are realizing that the cost associated with these types of systems do not make sense or cents, and they are attempting other solutions. To wit, "The Farm" at Wallkill Correctional Facility in upstate New York where inmates put in five hours a day working with and rehabilitating thoroughbreds that would normally be slaughtered. They work in conjunction with the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF). This story caught my eye in the October Readers' Digest. These "washed-up" race horses are being helped by an unlikely group of men, benefiting all. Other institutions have adopted this concept, as well. Click Here And, the TRF web page: Click Here Louisville, Kentucky's own Churchill Downs, Inc. raised a huge amount for this TRF this year. Click Here. 7. From the Associated Press, "Code-makers could be on the verge of winning their ancient arms race with code-breakers." Now, the code-breakers may be thwarted by a new system employing quantum physics. Named Navaho the system's first commercial application is being marketed by the company MagiQ. It's secret? Navaho employs photons in transmission, and they "are so sensitive that if anyone tries to spy on their travel from one point to another, their behavior will change, tipping off the sender and recipient and invalidating the stolen code." Click Here. 8. Germany has began a 20-year phase out of nuclear power. Earlier this month a 32-year-old power plant was switched off forever, the first step toward a historic shift in the energy supply of Europe’s biggest economy. And alternative energy is just one of replacement energies planned. Click Here While in the U.S., the House of Representatives finished creating an energy bill giving tax breaks to oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear power providers. To promote more energy development, the Republican bill would speed up permits and ease environmental restrictions for developing oil and gas on federal land. However, the measure would deny President Bush his top energy priority: oil drilling in the Arctic wildlife refuge (ANWR). It goes to the Senate for more work. [Hum! Germany vs. the USA, environment vs. corporate profits/greed!] Click Here. 9. The possibility that cooking with Teflon may be hazardous to your health was mentioned here last year. Now, ABC News' 20/20 has aired a story about Teflon, delving into some new problems. Teflon is used not only in cookware, but also in GoreTex, Stainmaster [for carpet stain resistence], and SilverStone [for non-stick cookware and irons]. The questions about its safety have raised such a "red flag" that even the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is studying whether Teflon poses health risks. Users beware! The story and video are compelling. Click Here. 10. Surgeons in Germany say they have already been using a new type of replacement heart valve grown from cells taken from patients themselves. Until now replacement valves have been artificial, or from animal or human donors. Announced at the American Heart Association conference in Orlando, the German surgeons said their technique "appeared to speed recovery and [help] avoid tissue rejection." Click Here. 11. The Ramtha website now has four video clips that reveal the truth of these times from a keen observer. These feature quotes from "Where Angels Fear to Tread," which include "highlights from lectures delivered by Ramtha the Enlightened One to members of his school from 1999 to 2001 in Japan, Scotland, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, and Yelm, Washington." Click Here And for the RSE family, Santa has posted a memo for all students on the Ramtha website. The Christmas Holiday approaches. Check it out! Click Here. 12. Follow-up: The August 25th issue of Kleiner's Korner carried a story reporting that whales, like all mammals have flatulence. Now comes a report that "biologists have linked a mysterious, underwater farting sound to bubbles coming out of a herring's anus. No fish had been known to emit sound from its anus or to be capable of producing such a high-pitched noise." The title of this new Scientist article is "Fish farting may not just be hot air." Click Here. Correction: Sir Robert Jones Voice America internet radio program's day and time was incorrectly listed last week. The correct day and time is this Saturday, November 22nd from 8-9 a.m. PST. This is a live internet broadcast, so you can hear it in your location by figuring out the difference in time from PST to yours. This session includes call-ins and will be recorded and repeated Saturday night from 8-9p.m PST. Additionally, Sir Robert will be hosting successive Saturdays and will have as his topics: Ramtha the Enlightened One on November 28 and "Dyslexia-how he [Robert] beat it" on Dec. 5. On the website click on "Show Schedules," then click on "View by Day: Sat." Click Here. To Set the Record Straight: I have previously mentioned Richard Perle many times over the last two years, most notably in connection with his potential conflicts of interest as a Defense Policy Board (DPB) member. In fairness, as I would want the same treatment were the "shoe on the other foot," this comment is to let you know that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced November 16th "an investigation by the Defense Department's inspector general has cleared Pentagon adviser Richard Perle of any violation of conflict of interest laws in his private consulting business." Click Here That said, the same weekend, the London Financial Times reported that "Hollinger International, which publishes the Chicago Sun Times and London's Daily Telegraph, among other publications, is 'examining investments made by Richard Perle, the former senior US defense adviser who is a Hollinger director, on behalf of the company.' According to the FT's Stephanie Kirchgaessner, the Perle probe is part of a larger internal inquiry led by former SEC Chairman Richard Breeden into so-called 'related-party transactions,' or deals in which members of Hollinger's board or Hollinger executives benefited from deals the publisher agreed with other companies." Click Here And: Click Here. Quote of the Week: "Eppur si muove." "But it does move." Attributed to Gallileo Galilei after his recantation to the Church, that the earth moves around the sun, in 1632. Kleiner's Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2003. For archived issues of Kleiner's Korner, click on "Current Kleiner's Korner and Archives" at www.kleinerskorner.com. Send comments to srklein@ywave.com Kleiner's Korner for Week of November 17, 2003 "What the #$*! Do We Know ?" is a new movie coming to local theaters in 2004. The work of local award winning filmmakers William Arntz, Betsy Chasse and Mark Vicente, it delivers to the world the answers to the most asked questions in the universe: "What is it? Where do we fit in? And, why do we do what we do?" Using the combined mediums of film, documentary, animation and mind-blowing special effects, it is part documentary and part story starring Marlee Matlin, Barry Newman, Elaine Hendrix, Armin Shimerman, and Robert Bailey, Jr. Their characters explore the inner-connectedness of all things, while a "Greek Chorus" of 14 well-known scientists and mystics add their knowledge from outside the story. As the film unfolds "the distinction between science and religion becomes increasingly blurred, since we realize that, in essence, both science and religion describe the same phenomena." Read all about the film: link here 1. Follow-up and more weather news: NASA scientist Josefino Comiso presented research in late October showing the Arctic is indeed warmer and that sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean reached a record low in September, 2003. Click Here NASA's own website contains a similar story with animations showing the Arctic surface temperature anomalies. Click Here Further, Andrew Shepherd of the University of Cambridge in England published a report in the journal Science in late October saying "two sections of Antarctica's Larsen ice shelf have collapsed over the past decade and another portion could be headed for the same fate as warming ocean waters undermine the ice." Click Here. 2. Hailed as a potential in treating heart disease, CNN reported this week that "Intravenous doses of a synthetic component of 'good' cholesterol reduced artery disease in just six weeks in a small study with startlingly big implications for treating the nation's No. 1 killer." Click Here In other heart news, doctors hope a therapy of "seeding" a heart with healing cells will help grow muscle in place of dead tissue. Click Here. 3. Ground penetrating radar (GPR), an electromagnetic signal that travels in the ground, is a tool better known for its military uses. Now two wineries in southern California are using GPR to test for soil moisture. Some wine grapes like moist soil, while other like drier soil. Click Here And here's a most interesting article about what else these devices have discovered. Click Here. 4. I've noticed Honda Motor Car Company advertisements touting a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) that names Honda as the cleanest car company in the world, for the way that every Honda car, all the way down their vehicle line, is a Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV) or cleaner. So, I wondered just who is this group. According to their website, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) "is an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists [that augment] rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world." They have a fantastic site and are working in several areas listed on the left side of their homepage under "Issues." Click Here Last winter Honda delivered fuel-cell vehicles to its first customer, the City of Los Angeles. Click Here. 5. Yelm's own Sir Robert Jones will be hosting an internet talk radio show, "The Truth Behind Racism" on VoiceAmerica this coming Saturday. It will air on November 22nd at 8-9 in the morning Pacific Standard Time. For those of you around the world, you can tune in as well as that time, by figuring out the time difference between Yelm and your location. Click Here For Sir Robert's show information, after clicking the aforementioned link, click "Show Schedules", then the "Saturday 8-9a.m." box. Sir Robert Jones own website is here. Click Here. 6. The 2003 Annual meeting of The Geological Society of America (GSA) was held in Seattle November 2-5. Their recent meeting presented new information on a possible Cascadia subduction-zone earthquake, saying "when the 'big one' hits, it will be closer to the coast and cause more damage than geologists once thought." Click Here "Established in 1888, The Geological Society of America provides access to elements that are essential to the professional growth of earth scientists at all levels of expertise and from all sectors: academic, government, business, and industry." Click Here Further, new University of Washington research suggests the magnitude of Pacific Northwest temblors might depend on whether they occur in the tectonic plate crust or the mantle. Click Here. 7. I've mentioned many times recently about how McDonald's is becoming more savvy to customers changing tastes, from offering organic salads and meats, a low fat menu, and their commitment to purchasing meat raised more humanely. Overall, McDonald's appears to be becoming a better steward in the community of businesses and major worldwide corporations. [Of course, not all of this is as altruistic as it may seem, as the company recorded its first annual loss in 2002 and is responding to consumer trends.] The Washington Post reported recently that the widow of the founder of McDonald's restaurants, Joan Kroc, has left $200 million to National Public Radio (NPR). It is the largest gift the non-profit radio station has ever received and is double their annual budget. Click Here In more McDonald's news, the fast-food giant is up in arms over the new edition of Merriam Webster's Dictionary. Released this week it included the word, "McJob": "a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement." Regardless of McDonald's protest, the dictionary says it "stands by the accuracy and appropriateness" of its definition. The term has been in use for 17 years. The complete story ran in the San Francisco Chronicle. Click Here. 8. The Humane Farm Animal Care group is an organization that has been working to supply the food industry and set standards. Their motto is "Certified Humane Raised & Handled." [Ed. Note: The public is demanding changes in the consciousness of how animals are raised and the quality of what they partake.] Click Here. 9. A group called the Grace Factory Farm Project says its goal is "to eliminate factory farming in favor of a sustainable food production system which is healthful and humane, economically viable and ecologically sound." Lofty goals from a lofty group. It's worth your while to investigate this site with its valuable information. Click Here. 10. The U.S. Mint is giving the U.S. nickel (5 cent coin) a makeover which will be released into circulation in 2004. Click Here. 11. Seattle was the center for excitement in the Pacific Northwest recently when a British Airways Concorde flew in to become an exhibit at Boeing's Museum of Flight, located on the grounds of King County International Airport, commonly known as Boeing Field, setting a speed record on its final flight which originated in New York. This proud bird will be on display to the public in late November. Click Here And: Click Here The Museum of Flight's website with Concorde Tour information. Click Here. 12. Tired of trying to figure out last week's mind teaser? Here is the answer. Click Here. Correction: Last week's Kleiner's Korner inadvertently omitted the link for #9, part II, The Oregon Vortex: Click Here. Quote of the Week: "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind... " Winston Churchill, Britain's Prime Minister Speech given at Harvard University , 6 September 1943, in Onwards to Victory (1944) p. 238. Kleiner's Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2003. For archived issues of Kleiner's Korner, click on "Current Kleiner's Korner and Archives" at www.kleinerskorner.com Send comments to srklein@ywave.com Kleiner's Korner for Week of November 10, 2003 I consider a national science magazine's recognition of local talent to be of significant importance and desire to bring to your attention Bruce Smith's article on anti-gravity published in the November issue of Nexus Magazine. The Nexus website describes its magazine as "an international bi-monthly alternative news magazine, covering the fields of health alternatives, suppressed science, earth's ancient past, UFOs & the unexplained, and government cover-ups." In publication since 1986, Nexus says it is "not affiliated with any political, religious or spiritual groups or organizations." Congratulations to Yelm, Washington's Bruce Smith! Here is the Nexus homepage. link here Mr. Smith's article: link here 1. A total lunar eclipse will be visible tonight (Saturday, November 8) reaching totality at 5:06 p.m. PST. The total darkening of the moon will last 24 minutes and will be visible from both North and South America. A full lunar eclipse, safe to watch with the naked eye, occurs when the Earth comes between the moon and the sun, blocking the sunlight normally reflected off the moon's surface. The viewing forecast for Yelm and vicinity at that time is partly cloudy. Click Here You can obtain data for eclipses in your USA town by clicking on the US Naval Observatory Lunar Eclipse Computer. Click Here. 2. Lest there be any doubt that something is afoot with the weather, last week saw all sorts of record high temperatures fall in the Eastern U.S. and record cold in the West. To wit, a tale of two Portlands: on Saturday, November 1, the Portland, Maine temperature climbed to 74 degrees (tying a record for the day and for the month of November) while Portland, Oregon set a record low temperature that morning. Check out all of Portland, OR's many record breaking temperatures this year and last. Click Here The summer of 2003 was the driest and warmest on record for Western Washington. And in October the largest single day rain total in Seattle history was recorded. Now, the earliest snowfall of record fell in Thurston County, WA the night of November 1st and morning of the 2nd, with 5 inches recorded in Yelm. Further, the week long cold snap starting November 3rd through November 7th's morning was seemingly a record breaker, however, only November 5th, 6th, and 7th actually were record breaking lows at 17, 19, and 23 respectively. Surprisingly, the record cold temperatures for October 31 through November 4th were set at Olympia Regional Airport just last year, although we came within a degree of those this year. Seasonal temps arrived the evening of November 7th. Click Here And: Click Here. 3. The Seattle P-I is reporting in today's editions that "Weeks after a groundbreaking scientific study said naval sonar appears to be killing marine mammals, the Bush administration yesterday won House approval to use sonar wherever Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sees fit.Passage next week by the Senate is virtually assured." Environmental activists in the Pacific Northwest are enraged because reported here in the October 20th Kleiner's Korner was a court agreement disclosed October 13 that "the U.S. Navy will drastically limit the use of a controversial low-frequency sonar system, which environmental groups say disorients and kills endangered whales and other species...." that was the result of a court challenge from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). [Ed. Note: So much for a court agreement!] Click Here. 4. As Kleiner's Korner has previously noted, McDonald's is leading the way in the fast-food sector by offering food with less fat, and an alternative, organic salads and meats. Last week CBS News ran a series of reports in their Eye on America series outlining how the fast food industry may be the next "big tobacco" in the lawsuit wars, saying fast foods are as addictive as nicotine in cigarettes. HUM! or should I say YUM, for the lawyers' pocketbooks! Click Here. 5. Here's a new coup for resveratrol found in red wine. It benefits lung tissue. Another healthful reason to drink at least a glass a day! Click Here Speaking of wine, Classic Winemakers has opened its business in Lacey, WA. It's an ideal place for anyone wanting to learn how to make wine. They teach and assist you right through the whole process, or do it for you. Check out their fascinating site. Click Here. 6. A replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer will take off from Kill Devils Hill, NC on December 17, 2003 at 10:35 a.m. EST, marking the exact moment 100 years earlier of the Wright Brothers first official flight. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) built and will fly the replica. Here is the official website. Click Here The original patent for a "flying machine," number 821.393, was issued by the U.S. Patent office to Orville & Wilbur Wright on May 22, 1906. Click Here Did you know that the oldest continually operating airfield in the U.S. is in Vancouver, WA, just across the river from Portland, OR and two hours by car from Yelm? Pearson Field dates back to 1905 when Lincoln Beachey used it when he piloted the dirigible Gelatine in the first aerial crossing of the Columbia River. Click Here. 7. According to New Scientist, "Astronomers have compiled the largest, most detailed map of the Universe so far and believe that it shows beyond doubt the presence of an all-pervading 'dark energy' throughout the cosmos." Containing 200,000 galaxies, covering six per cent of the sky, and with the furthest galaxies two billion light years away, they claim the map shows that "the structure of the Universe reveals the interplay of cosmic forces during the last 13 billion years." And it is claimed the map confirms "that 70 per cent of the Universe is dark energy, 25 per cent traditional dark matter and just five per cent ordinary matter, such as makes up Earth and the stars." [Ed. Note: Now isn't this more enlightening than a discussion of the poli-tics of President Bush and his advisors?] Click Here. 8. Scientists, led by researchers at the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) in Garching (Germany), have finally observed powerful infrared flares from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. They long thought infrared flares should be visible just before hot gases fall into the black hole. One scientist was quoted as saying, "Now the era of observational black hole physics has truly begun!" Click Here. 9. On Halloween night Roger O'Neill, a former Louisville, KY reporter, filed a story about the Oregon Vortex for NBC Nightly News. According to the Oregon Vortex's website, the phenomena is a whirlpool of energy "a spherical field of force, half above the ground and half below the ground." Stand within it, & you don't stand erect. Instead you're inclined toward magnetic north. Click Here for Mr. O'Neill's report and then click "Play Video." Click Here If you find yourself driving through Oregon, you might want to stop and check-out "The Oregon Vortex". Click Here. 10. While on the subject of vortexes, according to an article on Whitley Strieber's website, Unknown Country, "the polar vortex above the North Pole is speeding up." Scientists don't know why this is, but think possibly it's a result of global warming. Click Here. 11. One of the most thoughtful and unbiased articles I've ever seen on the issue of surveillance is the cover story in National Geographic this month. It shows what high-tech gadgets are watching and collecting data on you everywhere, how that can be beneficial and how that can infringe on your personal life. [Ed. Note: The stories on their site are abridged from the magazine version. Check it out at your local library or buy the magazine at your local bookstore.] Click Here Here are notes from the author of the article, David Shenk. Click Here. 12. Need a little diversion? This is a great mind-teaser. Click Here. Quote of the week: "Life well spent is long." Leonardo Da Vinci in "Leonardo Da Vinci's Notebooks 91906," Edward McCurdy, editor and translator, bk. 1, p. 65. Kleiner's Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2003 For archived issues of Kleiner's Korner, click on "Current Kleiner's Korner and Archives" on the website at www.kleinerskorner.com. Send comments to srklein@ywave.com Kleiner's Korner for Week of November 3, 2003 Kleiner's Korner is embarking upon a change with this issue, since I desire to cover uplifting stories for humanity. These will include issues from the fields of science about the environment, medicine, space and the final frontier, the human mind. All of the games being played out in society from the financial and political haves/have nots are well known, and they get plenty of news coverage. I was reading the newspaper last week and paused, observing that there are News, Sports, Money & Life Sections, however no daily section devoted to Science. Science is the one arena where the imagination can run free to create fantastic potentials that are beneficial to the whole world. So, it is this to which I direct the focus of these pages. Let the politicians, their advisors, international bankers & financiers of the day have their dreams of power, money and control of the rabble in the marketplace. Bless them for their own path and evolution. 1. Correction: The October 20th Kleiner's Korner article on protons contained an outdated link. So, here's the fascinating story from Discover Magazine again. It talks about how the latest in computer simulations are showing protons aren't round after all. They shape shift! Click Here. 2. The journal Science published a story this week in which researchers say people possibly could live active lives for hundreds of years if human genes and hormones were altered in a manner similar to the methods the scientists used with a tiny worm that extended its life sixfold. [Ed. Note: Living for hundreds of years ... now isn't that an enlightened thought!] Click Here And from the San Francisco Chronicle: Click Here. 3. Here is a fascinating study conducted at the University of Utah that shows how much ancient plant and animal matter it takes to create just one gallon of gasoline. "A staggering 98 tons of prehistoric, buried plant material – that's 196,000 pounds – is required to produce each gallon of gasoline we burn in our cars, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles...." The study, "Burning Buried Sunshine: Human Consumption of Ancient Solar Energy," will appear in the November issue of Climatic Change. According to the author, the study shows "just how inefficient and unsustainable fossil fuels are" and it illustrates the importance of developing alternative energy sources. Click Here. 4. Now here is a paper that will shake up current understandings. According to the November, 2001 writings of a UK Bible researcher, John Denton, "scientific facts verify that the Neanderthal were in fact one and the same as the ancient warrior race the Nephilim." He claims that "an examination of the evidence and facts currently available on Neanderthal man reveal that they could well have been a race of half-breed humans referred to in some of the earliest manuscripts found as the Nephilim." Click Here. 5. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired a program on October 28th about Brian Greene's book "The Elegant Universe," in which he explains why the string theory might hold the key to unifying the four forces of nature. This fascinating program will be shown again November 4th on your local PBS station at 8p.m. EST and PST, 7p.m. CST. Click Here After November 4th, you can view this entire three hour documentary online. Click Here. 6. Two huge solar flares have been in the news this week, with warnings that some communications or power grids could be effected. An official Space Weather Advisory was issued by NOAA's Space Environment Center Boulder, Colorado, USA, saying the "very dynamic centers of activity ... on the sun that could disrupt communications here on Earth" for the next two weeks. Click Here. 7. While on the subject of the sun, the most detailed images of the sun ever have been taken by a new Swedish telescope on the Canary Island of La Palma. CNN likened the images to the work of Van Gogh, with their "masterful golden swirls and bizarre dark clouds." Click Here. 8. Follow-up: To the story of frogs eggs being transported by Hurricane Isabel from North Carolina to Connecticut. This is not an isolated or indeed unusual incident. Check out this story. Click Here. 9. An interesting documentary, "Fish Rain," is in production in Latvia about Mother Nature's torsion fields. Click Here. 10. If you enjoyed the book "The Da Vinci Code," you may want to check out this title, "The Footprints of God." Click Here. 11. Last week I mentioned China's major expenditures for wind power projects. Here's an article about how Chinese farmers are cashing in on the "organic craze." CNN reports that "as consumers in the West grow increasingly hungry for organic food, Chinese farmers see a niche market worth cultivating." Click Here. 12. Check out this site with its information on the Blue Lotus. [Note: Click on the Lotus to enlarge it.] Click Here. Of local note: The Olympia, WA City Council "took a stand against the USA Patriot Act on October 28, 2003, saying it violates basic American rights and is a threat to democracy," after the Thurston County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) drafted a resolution and asked the city council to approve it. Click Here. Quote of the Week: "An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and who manages to avoid them." Werner Heisenberg, preeminent German physicist in Der Teil und das Ganze (1969) ch. 17 (tr. A. J. Pomerans as Physics and Beyond, 1971.). Kleiner's Korner is copyrighted by Stephen R. Klein, 2003. For archived issues of Kleiner's Korner, click on "Weekly Updates." on the website. www.kleinerskorner.com